The Secret Letters of Mary Queen of Scots is a Lion TV and Gedeon Programmes production for BBC Scotland, BBC Two and BBC iPlayer.

The partnership follows the partnership with National Museums Scotland for the successful Mary Queen of Scots exhibition and ...

Remember, remember... on this day in 1605 Guy Fawkes and his fellow conspirators plan to blow up the Houses of Parliament was ...

Since childhood, Mary Stuart had enjoyed writing in cipher. Later in life, as Queen of Scots and a prisoner in England for nearly 19 years, the skill became essential to her survival. From an early ...

More than 40 of Scotland’s treasured historic buildings in the care of Historic Environment Scotland are either closed or partly sealed off ...

After working for some time on decoding mysterious encrypted letters, the codebreakers realize that the ciphered messages might be written by Mary Stuart, the Queen of Scots herself, during a critical ...

Scotland was afraid, very afraid as the hunt for ‘witches’ swept the country.

Anticipation is building as Stirling Smith Museum unveils Ancient Sudan: Enduring Heritage — a free British Museum exhibition celebrating ...

HALLOWEEN lovers are in for a treat if they want to head out to some of Scotland’s most haunted spots. And in a country with ...

Hamilton & Inches are the only fine jeweller licensed to work with and sell Scotland’s rare freshwater pearls — and one of just two in the world granted access to precious Scottish gold. (There is ...

Tracy Borman is chief historian of Historic Royal Palaces and chancellor and professor of Tudor history at Lincoln Bishop ...

With Halloween falling during the school half term, families across Scotland are planning eerie adventures to celebrate the ...